Here’s a good op ed, published in the Huffington Post, highlighting how the UK’s Labour Party would go further on tackling gambling addiction. As I reflect on this article, my mind cast over the growing politics of addiction – including drugs, alcohol, gambling and obesity. On the left, the approach demands growing state-involvement. Meanwhile, on the right, the viewpoint is increasingly that it’s the respobsibility of the individual and and his/her family. My political views are well known and I do not subscribe to the view that gambling addiction should be the latest disease to be addressed by the NHS. But I do think that government intervention on all addictions is way behind the curve. Having spent most of my career delivering strategic change, I think that governments must take a holistic approach to addiction, regarding it increasingly as a strategic challenge. After all, consider how China suffered in the Opium Wars?
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America finally has its Mussolini and military parade – Op Ed – John Stanton – Pravda
After taking power, Mussolini was often seen in military uniform. (Photo credit: Wikipedia).
In an op-ed in Russia’s leading paper, Pravda, Donald Trump is savaged, comparing him to Italy’s fascist leader, Mussolini.
Source: America finally has its Mussolini and military parade – Op Ed – John Stanton – Pravda
Read for yourself, the article is light on evidence and rich in muck-raking.
The article is targeted at a Russian audience to justify Russia’s foreign and military policy, despite widespread economic hardship for the majority. However, it also provides a source of false news about Trump, which will be widely cited.
Thoughts?
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